Exam 6: Memory

A soldier was injured when a mortar exploded next to him. Although he recovered from his wounds, he is not able to recall information from years ago. What term is used to describe this soldier's condition?

Recall is a type of memory retrieval in which the information to be retrieved must be "pulled" out of memory with few or no cues.

Which of the following examples represents the shallowest processing as described by the levels-of-processing model?

"Forgetting that occurs as a function of the passage of time" defines __________.

Which of the following is an example of a test using recognition?

The hippocampus appears to be responsible for the storage of new long-term memories. If it is removed, the ability to store anything new is completely lost.

Using the partial report method, Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be around __________.

Give a short example of retroactive interference.

Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Lincoln penny. The most likely cause of this problem is __________.

Loss of memory from the point of injury or illness forward is called __________.

Which of the following is a noted side effect associated with taking gingko biloba?

Meg looks up from her lunch, realizing that Parker has just said something to her. What was it? Oh, yes, he has just asked her if she wants to go to the movies. Meg's ability to retrieve what Parker said is due to her __________ memory.

Someone a short distance away, to whom you have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you attend to that person. This is an example of __________.

Semantic and episodic memories may be stored in the frontal and temporal lobes as well but in different locations than short-term memory.

Hypnosis enhances the confidence people have in their memories, regardless of their accuracy or inaccuracy.

The portion of memory that is more or less permanent is called __________ memory.

Memory trace decay theory can explain forgetting from sensory memory and short-term memory but does not adequately explain forgetting from long-term memory.

Which of the following offers the BEST analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized?

The tendency of certain elements to enter long-term memory with little or no effort to encode and organize them is what defines __________.

__________ memory is constantly updated.